Why do people name there VW

Legend has it if you dont name your VW it will break down on you.I think it might be true.Even Daryl Vatone named his Inch Pincher.Is this true or am I nutz!

Thats right they brake down!!
As soon as u name your car Daimie it will run like a dream, they did name a car "Herbie" and look how well he goes.

Just kinda happens.
All ours got names !!!!!
68 bug is *dougal*
56 bug is *zebadee*
76 bus is *pippi*

Maybe i'm mad !!!!

perhaps they just dont like their names? perhaps they are all named the same name and dont like their names being changed! maybe its a secret conspiracy in the VW world between the cars where they are all called zoobafoobly and get really narky if you rename them.... perhaps all that dak-ing and puttering is really their way of talking to us and telling us to stop calling them names!

*ahem* good morning... i think my imagination is a bit overactive today.😀

That's why you shouldn't name your kombi until you've got to know him/her! 😉

Our kombi came named Pippi. we kept the name and pippi is as good as gold. flew through rwc and inspection down transport office.
Not gonna be changing it. Plus the misses likes the name of her kombi.

Well Id hate to throw a spanner in the works here, but my kombi named PASH has broken down several times, but still I love her 🙂

Then you should wash her more often! 😀

I don't know about changing names..... What if the old name doesn't suit the car and is just wrong??
Mine was originaly called 'Dudley' Ewwww (sorry but it just didn't suit) I think Belle is much more appropriate.
I named her cause it seemed to be the right thing to do........

We call our Kombi "Heidi" she is a member of our family, one of our children.

Rob......

my t3 square was refered to as dubs and it kind of stuck and turned to dubsy. the g/f liked kirby so the other one has been given the name, can't tell you if she will break down or not yet as she still isn't on the road.
anyone else notice they are usually shes????

Hmmm, both of mine have names and both have broken down.

Naming your VW is a must I reckon!!:thumb😎

Mine:

Bel the blue bell shaped '58 beetle

Dr Livingston the Savannah Beige Type 3 sqback, because he is definiotely a male and he has a safari type look about him reminding me of Africa (well Savannah, dah) Didn't like African type names and Dr Li9vingston is so African:alien

Both my kombis have had names, there was Karen Kombi, she broke down all the time. and now i have Lizzy named after the queen when we bought her down in tassie at the same time. no other name would suite them any better!! lizzy is in the process of breaking down all the time!!!:sandrine

Well, I think a VW has to have a name because they all have their own personality. When I knew I was buying mine I decided to call her Lorna and then when I got her Lorna just was not right and it took a few months befor I found aname which sat just right and I finally settled on Lexi!

This Baja of mine replace my best friend when he passed away. Couldn't have another dog at the Strata Unit I was in so the Dog-O-War was the next loudest thing. Named after a Pink Floyd song "Dogs of War" which is a complementary anthem when I was doing the fix up for the RWC.

Bronze

I call mine "Bugly" because...well it is Bloody Ugly and it sounded kewl so it stuck.

Before the beetle was given to me by my father me and the kids called it

Poppy's Beetle.

It's stuck

Well really the myth is "IF YOU DO NOT NAME YOUR VW IT WILL BREAK DOWN IN SOME DARK AND DIMALL PLACE''and of course it has to suit the car.

Of course a Kombi that is yellow is called Daisy and a red L bug (after a flipper blue L bug ) is called Blue2!

Only cars with character have names

my kombi is called "nora" kinda short for nora the explora because i like to searching for surf spots in her lol kinda silly really

my lil bug has moods...
i'm sure it's more than the sum of its parts..
but then all VWs are spirited. one of the reasons I'm sure we drive them.
possibly the reason for their bizarre personality development is that when you pour enough feeling into a car, it starts to respond. *snif*
i'd like to introduce "Hoobie", or hoobs, a picture of whom can be seen on the left... after a spirit transplant, hoobs is now on the second incarnation😀
seriously tho. i'm mad. but hoobs never breaks stride until it's convenient for us both (or if he's struck by lightning) and that's only after giving me a few hints. hoobs has *choke.. slobber.. tear down cheek* never let me down...

😀 :alien
sometimes science aint enuff to explain the vagaries of our existence 😀

I a sweet golden cocker spaniel called Nora so I love the name🙂

She was a bit of a tart in the end (found her on her back on the nature strip), so when she became a mother of 5 our duck, Daffney, took over the role of mother and kept putting the pups onto the nest she'd made. Nora just wanted to keep her role of spoilt house dog going and not take on responsibility of parenthood

Why am I sharing this?????:jesus LOL

The name Nora brings back memories:sandrine

Cool Stuff Jen.
Well I am a big believer in Naming my cars.
Of course Herbie is called Herbie, but David Evans in america has a Herbie replica and he calls it Penny, {go figure}
My 67 Kombie is called Zombie because it suits and rymes he has a pastey mottled complexion and definatley resembles something undead that roams the earth looking for sustinance. {ok mostly cos it Rymes}
My previous cars were
Lucy,
an 82 model Mazda Luce rotary luxury car
Sven
my 82 model RX7
Thomas,
my Mazda RX2 Turbo coupe a name he had had for a long time before he came to live with me and it really did suit him.
Rodger
My Mazda RX4 coupe again this name was given to him by the police lady that owned him before me and every one refered to him as Rodger.
But I have also had cars that just wouldn't wear names, for some reason no name ever seemed appropriate.
I think its important to have a good relationship with your car and it helps keep them in good condition, it shows you care.
😎

My 61 bug is called Mr J after the old laddie I brought her off. But I have not been able to come up with a good name for my buggy can’t find one to suit. Any buggy name suggestions? No. Plate is DUNE

Well my bug's names Christene (like the Steven King movie), because everyone thinks its possessed, She has tried to kill me many times, but thus far has not been successful and the fact that theres always somthing wrong with her!!

hey wombatone,
How about SPEEDY like the old 70s cartoon, Speed Buggy, where {if my memory serves me correctly} the teenagers would solve mysterys {very similar but for legal reasons obviously very different to the scooby doo gang and Goober and the Ghost chasers}
But they had a little buggy with a full character and eyes in his headlights, he was cool, If I had a buggy I reckon thats a fitting name for him, do you have a photo? that would help generate name ideas.
I found these links.
http://ficklinm.com/SPEEDBUGGY.HTML

http://www.cartoon-factory.com/disney/view.cgi?ID=384893

"From now on I wish to be known as Loretta"

I've never named any of my VW's but I've always had Gumby on my rear vision mirror as a companion. Had the same Gumby since 1985.....and he hasn't broken down yet.

Squiz.....

My 66 Beetle is called Shazza, dont know why buts its the name that came to my head.

My Audi A3 Turbo is called Bianca, because shes white Bianca is itallian for white.

Both my cars have never broken down on me so they must like their names 🙂

here is an old pic of my buggy, it's just about to get lowwer somewhat and have a few mods done. I'm not sure that its a "speedy" yet but maybe some day. well I'm working on it.

LMAO@ hellbus
Welease Wodger!
heheheh......
My fastie is called Kermit.
The Wife's fastie is Bluebelle

What about
smurfalina, I think he is a good candidate for a smurf name, so here are a few suggestions based on some of the many smurfs that went to the initial audition for the hit tv show but were rejected.

1. Fruity Smurf- This was going to be the first out of the closet Smurf. He had a bad hairpiece like Elton John. It was going to be a orange hairpiece, and he always carried around a teddy bear. He would of been best friends with smurfette and they would each do other's hair and talk about the boys.

2. Peeky Smurf- The pervert of the mushroom village. Peeky Smurf would always be found at night looking into other smurf's mushroom homes and waiting for a show.

3. Ali Kaba Muhamand- The only Smurf to legally change his name for his muslim religion. " Why should my last name be Smurf, just like all the other brothers that are tied down by the man."
Ali did'nt have too many friends in the Mushroom village, and usually spent his day complaining with Grouchy Smurf about how the man is keeping them down.

4. Psycho Angry "Don't Piss Me Off Or I'll Light Your Mushroom house On Fire" Pyro Smurf- The name kind of explains itself doesn't it?

5. Easy Smurf- The only other female in Smurf village that Smurfette was so jealous of because she was.......just really good friends with all the male Smurfs.

6. Abusive Drinky Smurf- When this Smurf gets drunk you best just stay in your mushroom hut all night. He walks around the Mushroom village all night after getting drunk yelling "To hell with all you little blue sissys", and "Hey Smurfette howabout showing me a goodtime." The next day Drinky is usually in till five in the afternoon, and then cries to the other smurfs that it will never happen again. He is usually wearing a stained white tanktop and has a stoogie in his mouth.

7. "Don't Point The Camera At Me, Or I'll Moon You" Smurf- He just doesn't like getting his picture taken. This photo was taken right before he was about to give us a show.

8. "We're All Going To Die!" Smurf- This Smurf would just run around the Mushroom village yelling "We're All Going To Die!" all day. He never engaged in any social gatherings and really didn't get along with anyone.

9. Militant Smurf- This Smurf kept trying to start a army to fight the government. Only problem was that half the Smurfs in his army we're in the government....small world. He would always yell in the center of Smurf Village about how the Smurfs were being repressed by the man, and now is the time to fight back. He called his army the Blue Panthers. They would wear black sunglasses, and carry shotguns, and red armbands, and walk around Smurf Village policing the area.

10. ILLEGAL ALIEN SMURF- This Smurf was just paranoid that he didn't belong and he always begged the other Smurfs not to turn him in.

11. Burn-out Rock Star Smurf- This Smurf would walk around Smurf Village in a Jumpsuit, with big sunglasses, and a cape, and ask if anyone wanted to hear him sing "Hound Dog." He also ate alot of junk food such as fried mushroom burgers. He Was FAT.


12. Bleeding Gums Smurf- Well this Smurf just had poor hygene.....Remember to brush your teeth

13. Poorly Potty Trained Smurf- He just didn't understand where to go.

14. Big Sexual Boasting Smurf- This Smurf would go around the Mushroom Village all day boasting about how many lady Smurfs he's nailed.....funny wasn't there only one adult female Smurf in the village....he's said he's slept with 20,000.........hmmmmmmm.

15. Fatass Smurf- Fatty Fatty 2 by 4 can't fit through the mushroom door.

16. Donny The Badass Smurf- Spent his days beating the crap out of brainy Smurf, and cutting up pieces of the mushroom huts to sell to other Smurfs as a "Good High".

17. Ass Grabber Smurf- Nothing much to say about this guy except the boy just loved to pinch asses.

18. "I Ain't Afraid To Die For My Country!" Smurf- Very proud of his Mushroon village. Everytime someone threatened it... he would strap on a M-16, Gernade Launcher, Mushroom to air missles, and go after whoever tried to hurt the Mushroom village.....the question is....how did he make all these weapons in the woods!

19. BuckTooth Smurf- Just a real silly looking Smurf to look at. Kinda dumb too. Always peed in the watering hole.

20. Wacky Off Smurf- "Man he would just hide in his Mushroom hut all day, and I'd be damm if you couldn't hear him moaning and slapping!" A Quote From Hefty Smurf's New Book "The Smurfs The Government Didn't Want You To See"

21. Well Hung Smurf- No pair of white government issued Smurf pants could hide his pride!


22. Too Close With The Livestock Smurf- Ohhh boy Don't Ask!!!

23. Saviour Smurf- Always walking around the water and wine holders in the village with a suspicious look on his face. He bothers the other Smurfs by constantly asking them to examine his hands for the early stages of stigmata.
digbynet@sprynet.com


24- Spice Girl Smurf- No question the most annoying Smurf that never made it. Kept singing stupid songs around the village and making up silly dances.

25- Puff Daddy Smurf- Took all the songs the Smurfs sang around the village like "La La La La La" and redid them with his own lyrics so he could make a quick profit.

26- Jim Morrismurf - Only Smurf to have tight leather pants in the Smurf Village, and use to trip on mushrooms from the houses and recite lyrics in the square like.....


" 99 TO 1 BABY
1 In 99
NO FEMALE SMURF
GET OUT ALIVE "
Taken from a passage from Jim's Book
" Light My Smurfvillage"



27. Trendy Teenage Girl Smurf- Tried to tan herself even though she was blue as Elvis on the bathroon floor. Also pierced her smurf tail when she saw every rock star was doin it on MTV.

28. Great Balls Of Fire Smurf- Felt he wasn't getting enough attention in the Smurf Village so sometimes he would drop his pants in the middle of the village and take some lighter fluid and.....BURN!

29. Elephant Size Poop Smurf- Funny this guy ate as much as the rest of the Smurfs, but when he went to the Smurf Potty......FIRE IN THE HOLE!

30. Grain Of Sand Size Poop Smurf- Uhhh opposite of the one above.

Or simply
OFF ROAD SMURF!

Cheers, Tony
Sorry if you dont like smurfs or dont see the resemblance between the blue and white buggy and the blue and white cartoons and find it cheerful.

That's it. I'm suing herbie for defamation of smurfs and their way of life. Me and gargomel will see you in court. 😀

I've been considering renaming "Peewee" since I got him. His previous owners called him Peewee because his number plate is PWQ, but it just doesn't suit him, and certainly won't when (if) I ever finish his 'makeover'.

The question is, what to call him? :o

My dad called his first beetle Piffy after its numberplate PFY and his Type 3 was bought to transport him to work, so he named it New for Work after its numberplate NFW. My first beetle was called Herbie (guess who after) and my first Type 3 was Herbie 2 (even had the name on the side of it.
Dad gave me his NFW (which is rusted out), so am rebuilding another on using NFW parts. Therefore the new one is at the moment called tweety because of the disgusting fluro yellow color, but when on the road and repainted will become New for Work 2

Herbie your a pisser xlnt stuff I love smurfs.

After discussing it amongst friends, and after a long chat with him, my kombi shall now be: Kruizin Kelvin, the kombi formerly known as Peewee. :thumb

Why? Because it's more personal than a name derived from a rego number, and he likes it. 😀 I actually wanted to name him 'Klaus', but he didn't like it.:puke

Sorry, guys. But you've gotta remember all cars are female:

They take up all of our liquid funds.

We love them, but don't really understand why.

We pour all of our money, love and attention into them - then they embarass us at the most inopportune moment.

We get absolutely proud of them and take them out to impress our mates - and they decide, at this very moment - they're not in the mood.

We spend bucket-loads to improve their cosmetic looks.

They never understand our jokes.

No-one really understands everything they do.

Every guy has a different opinion of what they're really about.

They develop problems that you will never understand, but will suddenly resolve themselves.

And, finally: No-one will ever love her the way you do!

P.S. My secret name for my currrent 'dub is Sharon - the one I should never have let go. Don't tell anyone, as I'm sure any future girl would not understand... 😀

-For some reason, women think they should be more important than cars - bizzarre!

A friend asked me to help name his '58 beetle yesterday, such responsibility🙂:o

Will have to get a feel for it first. That's what I feel is important, getting to know the personality of the ride.

Col, will Kruizin Kelvin get KK for short? So glad there was no other K word in there😉:o:thumb

I reckon VWs are female too. Sometimes naming from the letters on a number plate isn't good though like mine AVG - all I see is average and I couldn't call Kate that!

I call her Kate because I am always doing something for her... (as in the band -Something For Kate). A few mates and I came up with that after a few too many beers one summer afternoon.

Kate and I have had little mishaps along the way but she's never really let me down. She's a battler!

[Edited on 2-7-2003 by Badassbug]